Social action model

The social action model is a theory of social work practice. The social action model is a key to sociopolitical empowerment for work with oppressed groups, communities, and organizations.{{cite book|author=Charles Zastrow|author-link=Charles Zastrow|title=The Practice of Social Work: A Comprehensive Worktext: A Comprehensive Worktext|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdbH_2bwpDgC&pg=PA284|date=27 January 2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-495-59970-8|pages=284–}}{{cite book|author1=Charles Zastrow|author-link1=Charles Zastrow|author2=Karen Kay Kirst-Ashman|title=Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jCCXcJWZmAC&pg=PA42|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-495-60374-0|pages=42–}} The model strives to reallocate sociopolitical power so that disenfranchised citizens can access the opportunities and resources of society and, in turn, find meaningful ways to contribute to society as valued human beings.

The model guides social workers on how to take action by using empowerment-based practice,{{cite book|author=Anissa Rogers|title=Human Behavior in the Social Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcNhQyhQKV8C&pg=PA129|date=3 February 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-86886-7|pages=129–}} collaboration and partnership, alliances, and development and action plans. The model can also be used within the context of an ecosystems perspective.